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Macroevolution refers to evolution that occurs above the level of species, which is microevolution over long periods of time that leads to speciation.
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What is macroevolution?
n science, macro at the beginning of a word just means "big", and micro at the beginning of a word just means "small" (both from the Greek words).
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Macroevolution is controversial outside the scientific community, and aspects of it are disputed by many movements such as creationism, intelligent design, and panspermia.
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macroevolution The combination of events associated with the origin, diversification, extinction, and interactions of organisms which produced the species that currently inhabit the Earth.
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macroevolution Evolutionary change on a grand scale, encompassing the origin of novel designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiation, and mass extinction.
macrofauna benthic animals larger than about 0.5 mm ...
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Macroevolution
Evolution that results in relatively large and complex changes.
Cycle of anagenesis, cladogenesis and stasigenesis.
Related Terms: Evolution ...
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Macroevolution
Main article: Macroevolution
Macroevolution refers to large-scale changes in gene-frequencies in a population over a long period of time, and is usually taken to refer to events that result in speciation, the evolution of a new species.
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